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EscortMetal
Welcome to EscortMetal, it is made of chalk. It menaces with spikes of silver. EscortMetal is a silver mine, with unspeakable horrors wandering its depths (presently known: A gigantic winged snail with green hair that can shoot webs. Drums. Drums in the deep.
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Arthur C Clarke
The title says that Arthur C. Clarke predicted the internet. That's not quite true, ARPANET was running when this video was made, so as small as it was - it was an internet. Nor did he predict the PC - The Mother of All Demos was in 1968 ( Read more... ) -
Autonomy
Every day I walk past a sign at work. It's a very plain sign. It is a yellow background with blue writing. The sign reads:
AUTONOMY
THROUGH COLLECTIVE
EFFORT
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Went to Carlton Crematorium to see Nan off. Didn't realize there was a Christian Chapel inside it, always thought it was a secular building. The Reverend Stephen Scholes lead the service. I thought he may be on a strange sort of bet with someone since he managed to include Big Macs in his speech: "When Eleanor was young, a Big Mac was a large ( Read more... ) -
Klaatu barada nikto
So I watched The Day the Earth Stood Still the other day. The 1951 version. Actually enjoyed it more than I anticipated. Although I was a little put off by the excessively human looking alien, I felt it was an all round good film. The film sees an alien visiting earth with an important message to mankind. For reasons of plot (and only reasons ( Read more... ) -
London innit, mate?
Went to London for B's birthday on the 7th. Started with a bit of market browsing and moved on to the London Transport Museum. B enjoyed the experience but I have to say I found it all rather dull, still I managed to find some pleasure in the whole experience - though the incessant traffic of running children was a little irritating. Also bought ( Read more... )
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